Julia Martz-Fisher (born April 6, 1968) is an American lawyer and associate judge of the circuit court for Frederick County.

Early life and education

Martz-Fisher was born in

Frederick, Maryland Frederick is a city in and the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland. It is part of the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area. Frederick has long been an important crossroads, located at the intersection of a major north–south Native ...

on April 6, 1968. Her parents and grandparents were farmers. She attended

Governor Thomas Johnson High School Governor Thomas Johnson High School (GTJHS) is a four-year public high school in Frederick, Maryland, United States. The school is home to the Academy of Fine Arts, an auditioned-only visual and performing arts program for talented students in Fre ...

. After graduating, she attended

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, receiving a bachelor of arts in political science in 1991. Later, she attended the

University of Baltimore School of Law The University of Baltimore School of Law, or the UB School of Law, is one of the four colleges that make up the University of Baltimore, which is part of the University System of Maryland. The UBalt School of Law is one of only two law schools i ...

, graduating with a

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in 1999.

Career

While in law school, Martz-Fisher served as a law clerk to Judge G. Edward Dwyer, Jr. from 1998 to 1999. In 1999, she was admitted to the

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and joined the Frederick County Bar Association. She was an associate for her brother's law firm, the Law Offices of Walter C. Martz II, from 1999 to 2003, practicing civil law and real estate law. From 2003 to 2009, she was a partner at Martz, Fisher & Drawbaugh, LLC, and from 2009 to 2016 was a partner at Martz & Fisher, LLC, and practiced

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. She also sat on the Board of Directors for the Arc of Frederick County from 2007 through 2009. From 2010 to 2016, Martz-Fisher was also an agent for the Security Title Guarantee Corporation of Baltimore. She served as an agent for the Old Republic National Title Insurance Company from 2013 to 2016. On November 11, 2016, Governor

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appointed Martz-Fisher to fill a sixth Circuit Court seat created by the

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. On December 2, 2016, Martz-Fisher was sworn in as a judge. In 2021, she was approved to sit on the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council (DVCC) in Frederick County. The Board meets four times annually and provides a report and recommendations to the County Council and County Executive each year.

Personal life

References

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